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Ghostly trees covered in snow and rime ice -- known as "snow monsters" or juhyou (frost-covered trees) in Japanese -- are a celebrated feature of the winter landscape in mountainous areas of northern Japan. Here are a few photos.

Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture



Mt. Moriyoshi (Moriyoshi shrine), Akita prefecture



Mt. Zao, Yamagata prefecture

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[Amy]

very cool I love nature.

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[sassieroses]

Very cool! So this occurs naturally?

[Faline]

Every year, during the cold winter months, snow monsters make their appearance on the snow covered slopes of Japan’s northern prefectures. But instead of running out of their way, tourists flock to these places to admire their natural beauty. Every one of these juhyou monsters is uniquely shaped by Mother Nature, who uses strong winds as her tools and thick layers of snow and ice as art mediums. Juhyou translates as “frost-covered trees” and is a popular phenomenon that takes place in many of Japan’s northern ski resorts.

[PoetsOfTheFall]

Beautiful

[Viking64]

Those are gorgeous. We have heaps of snow here in Vermont but I have never seen anything that beautiful before.

[Pogrom]

Monsters?! Quick! Call Ultraman!

[Brometheus]

i keep forgetting theyre actually trees. the article barely mentions it. would be cool if it just formed like that on its own (with the help of wind ofcourse, minus the trees)..

[güttsfükk]

merged with original with heaps more pix of these things